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Looking at sub 6lb factory rifles - need thoughts!
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<blockquote data-quote="villagelightsmith" data-source="post: 1740753" data-attributes="member: 68421"><p>I had a 338 WinMag in a lightweight Husky, pencil barrel. That thing would knock your animal down and drag <em>you</em> to death. Next was a 5 1/2# 3 1/2" magnum in 12 bore. It broke the stock against my shoulder. Somewhere along the way I picked up a quite light 16" 375 JDJ, a little Contender with a hollow stock with a brake ... something I really should have known better. I fired it 3X. The second shot was because I simply could not believe what had happened with the first. The 3rd shot was pretty much for the same reason ... maybe I'm a slow learner ... but on that one I forgot to put my plugs in and my ears on. My doctor called it "acoustical trauma" and offered me no sympathy at all.</p><p>Now people wonder why I put big sissy-pads on my .17's. Just ... had enough, thanks!</p><p></p><p>Seriously, a small-ring Husky-Higgins in '06 with a cushy pad is now my go-to dragon-slayer. With NO DANMED BRAKE! It's light enough to pack and it kicks like a baby rabbit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="villagelightsmith, post: 1740753, member: 68421"] I had a 338 WinMag in a lightweight Husky, pencil barrel. That thing would knock your animal down and drag [I]you[/I] to death. Next was a 5 1/2# 3 1/2" magnum in 12 bore. It broke the stock against my shoulder. Somewhere along the way I picked up a quite light 16" 375 JDJ, a little Contender with a hollow stock with a brake ... something I really should have known better. I fired it 3X. The second shot was because I simply could not believe what had happened with the first. The 3rd shot was pretty much for the same reason ... maybe I'm a slow learner ... but on that one I forgot to put my plugs in and my ears on. My doctor called it "acoustical trauma" and offered me no sympathy at all. Now people wonder why I put big sissy-pads on my .17's. Just ... had enough, thanks! Seriously, a small-ring Husky-Higgins in '06 with a cushy pad is now my go-to dragon-slayer. With NO DANMED BRAKE! It's light enough to pack and it kicks like a baby rabbit. [/QUOTE]
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